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Real estate still promising for long-term investors 

January 15, 2012
Real estate still promising for long-term investors 

  Ho Chi Minh City as seen from the rooftop of a downtown building. Property prices are expected to fall in the next six months. Developers are still pessimistic about market conditions but some experts believe investors should not rule out real estate just yet. Economist Dinh The Hien said the government is expected to [...]

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Vinafood 2 found selling rice cheap to Singapore subsidiary

October 8, 2009
Vinafood 2 found selling rice cheap to Singapore subsidiary

LookAtVietnam – It’s being asked why Vietnam Food Association allowed state-owned Vinafood 2 to sell rice for less than the export floor price. [Tien Phong, a Hanoi newspaper, has been investigating the tight relationship between the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) and two large state corporations, Vinafood 1 and Vinafood 2.] The Vietnam Food Association (VFA) manages [...]

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Finance Ministry researcher warns that exports don’t always pay

October 1, 2009
Finance Ministry researcher warns that exports don’t always pay

LookAtVietnam – When Vietnam increases its exports, it must import more materials to make exports, an expert warns.  In the first nine months of 2009, garment exports brought Vietnam $6.7 billion in revenue, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).  Meanwhile, Vietnam had to import $4 billion worth of materials to create those exports. Dr. Vu [...]

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Supermarkets resort to sugar limits

September 1, 2009
Supermarkets resort to sugar limits

LookAtVietnam – The sugar shortage became so serious in August that some supermarkets imposed limits on the amount of sugar customers could purchase. Co-op Mart, which is considered the biggest retailer in HCM City, set a new policy limiting the volume of sugar sold to customers from August 12 to August 30. All 38 supermarkets [...]

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MOF official says current CPI performance is on right track

September 1, 2009
MOF official says current CPI performance is on right track

LookAtVietnam – A Finance Ministry official says there will not be an end-year inflationary spike and the total price run-up will be under 7%. Vu Dinh Anh, the deputy director of the Market and Price Research Institute, a unit of the Finance MinistryThe on-line newspaper VNExpress talked with Vu Dinh Anh, the deputy director of [...]

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Economists criticise petrol price management scheme

July 3, 2009
Economists criticise petrol price management scheme

Economists have criticised the Government’s petrol price management scheme, saying that government agencies allow petrol importers to raise retail prices whenever they complain about losses. Dr Le Dang Doanh, a senior economist, has pointed out a paradox in the price management of the Government: While it is trying to encourage production and provide credit, it [...]

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Economist: Necessary to learn why businesses are hoarding dollars

May 20, 2009
Economist: Necessary to learn why businesses are hoarding dollars

Dr Tran Du Lich, senior economist, said that it is necessary to find out why businesses are reluctant to part with dollars in order to fix the dollar shortage problem at the roots. Businesses have been shouting for help and they have reason to do that. It is necessary for the State Bank to take [...]

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Traders wary of longer hours

May 20, 2009
Traders wary of longer hours

LookAtVietnam – The possibility that trading hours on the nation’s stock exchanges would be extended to the afternoon in near future is concerning investors, many of whom think that the market is struggling to reach higher trading levels even with trading limited to half-a-day. Earlier this month, the State Securities Commission released several measures to [...]

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MOIT launches project on domestic market demand stimulus

March 10, 2009
MOIT launches project on domestic market demand stimulus

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) is compiling a project on stimulating the demand on the domestic market and pushing up sales in rural areas. When the export markets are narrowed, enterprises automatically think of expanding the domestic market. However, the question has been raised now is that how to stimulate [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...